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PGA Tour Tales From Jacky Cupit
I wonder if any of the current
Tour Players have taken a yacht to a PGA Tour Event? In 1962, my
second year on Tour, a gentleman from Corona, California
contacted me about living in California. I am a good listener,
but not crazy about living in California. However, we made plans
to meet in Corona while I was playing the Sahara Pro-Am in Las
Vegas. He made me an offer to live in Corona, on his private
golf course, while I was playing the Tour full time. To make a
long story short, I took the deal and moved within 3 months!
He made the deal with 3 other Tour players, Bobby Nichols, Jim
Ferree and Bob McAllister. The 4 of us lived there while Billy
Casper played out of Mountain View Country Club. The owner, Al
Arnold, had a yacht he kept in San Diego and he, Bobby Nichols
and myself decided to take his yacht to the Bing Crosby Pro-Am
the following January. It is 459 miles from San Diego to
Monterey and it took us 24 hours to make the trip on his 125
foot yacht. What an experience!
Jacky
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